Durlin leaving KGNU after overseeing growth

BOULDER – After 20 years at the helm, Marty Durlin is stepping down as station manager of KGNU radio in Boulder.

Durlin’s departure comes at a time when Boulder’s nonprofit community broadcasting station is expanding its reach into Denver.

Although it’s been broadcasting on 1390 AM in Denver since it purchased the station for $4.1 million in 2004, KGNU didn’t have a studio there until Micro Business Development, a nonprofit financial services company, offered the station rent-free space at its 700 Kalamath St. headquarters.

The station spent about $30,000 on studio equipment. About half of that came from a Public Telecommunications Facilities…